Posted on May 30, 2019
DACA Recipient Reflects On Path To Graduation: 'I Could Have Easily Been One Of The Children At...
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Not only is University of California Santa Barbara senior Maria Zavala a soon-to-be first-generation college graduate and full-time student worker, she’s also a DACA recipient who’s financially supporting herself.
Zavala was just a toddler when her parents illegally migrated to the U.S. from Honduras in 2002. She says that while living in California, she excelled in elementary school despite the fact she was learning English for the first time. She says she graduated from high school with a 4.0 GPA.
Zavala was just a toddler when her parents illegally migrated to the U.S. from Honduras in 2002. She says that while living in California, she excelled in elementary school despite the fact she was learning English for the first time. She says she graduated from high school with a 4.0 GPA.
DACA Recipient Reflects On Path To Graduation: 'I Could Have Easily Been One Of The Children At...
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While this is a great story of an individual realizing their potential a law was broken in order for it to happen. My point is people shouldn't be able to arbitrarily obey or enforce our laws because it fits humanitarian or personal narrative. We need to either fix the laws legislatively or enforce them. Our current approach is sending a mixed message to everyone and is creating a lot of tension and unrest in America. Intentional or not is for another discussion.
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